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Exsude


EXSU'DE, verb transitive [supra.] To discharge the moisture or juices of a living body through the pores; also, to discharge the liquid matter of a plant by incisions.

Our forests exude turpentine in the greatest abundance.

EXSU'DE, verb intransitive To flow from a living body through the pores or by a natural discharge, as juice.